Re: Experiences with FreeBSD 9.0-BETA2

From: Arnaud Lacombe <lacombar_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 21:11:12 -0400
Hi,

On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 8:17 PM, Adrian Chadd <adrian_at_freebsd.org> wrote:
> .. I do FreeBSD installs on 1GB flash disks. You know, so I don't have
> to nuke the windows install. Just so I can test out things. :)
>
> If people would like to see a more detailed partition editor, please
> supply patches to bsdinstall to do so. :-)
> I'd love to have multiple options - "use all for one partition", "do
> sysinstall-style auto partitioning".
> This is much more fun with GPT partitions where there's no 6 slice limit, right?
>
Yes, if you forgot about BSD disklabel. I do not really know where
your 6 slice limit comes from, I used to have FreeBSD 5.x system with
slices up to 'i' or 'j'.

Now I concede that GPT looks sexier compared to the BSD label mess.

 - Arnaud
Received on Mon Sep 26 2011 - 23:11:14 UTC

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